"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey

Not to diminish Cypress' acheivements. But it does point to a rather obvious flaw in the system. You can be finishing top 10 in 100 person fields in populated areas, and be ranked behind someone finishing top 5 in 20 person fields in Montana. Until they race head to head the ranking is about as accurate as a BCS computer.

Woohoo, poked around a bit, and realized 2426 was how many points I had. Turns out amongst Cat 5's I'm
1 Rank in my zip code (32225)
13 Rank in my state (FL)
11 Rank in my riding age (48)
49 Rank in 5 year age range (45-49)
112 Rank in 10 year age range (40-49)
406 Overall Rank

This reminds me of a question I had... Isn't there a way to find out how many Cat5s, Cat4s, Cat3s, etc. there are in the country? I seem to recall that there are something like 60000 total USAC cyclists but I don't know what the Cat breakdown is... I seem to remember there only being something like 1000 Cat2s but maybe that number is low.